2 Kings 17:23
Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
Study Note
Study Note
The Deuteronomistic summary of the northern kingdom's fall states plainly: 'the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria.' The phrase 'as he had said by all his servants the prophets' is a characteristic Deuteronomistic formula establishing that the 722 BCE Assyrian conquest was not historical accident but the fulfillment of prophetic warning. The removal 'out of his sight' echoes the garden expulsion (Genesis 3:24) and anticipates the Babylonian exile — exile is theologically the withdrawal of divine presence from a people who had withdrawn from divine loyalty. This hermeneutical principle — prophecy fulfilled in historical catastrophe — runs through the entirety of Old Testament historiography.
Other Translations
until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
till that Jehovah hath turned Israel aside from His presence, as He spake by the hand of all His servants the prophets, and Israel is removed from off its land to Asshur, unto this day.
Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was taken away from their land to Assyria, to this day.
Cross References
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